Loube won a Silver Medal in the Documentary category for her film Every Tuesday: A Portrait of The New Yorker Cartoonists, which follows four of the venerable magazine’s illustrators (Drew Dernavich, Emily Flake, Sidney Harris, and Zach Kanin) as they meet for a weekly “roundtable” with lunch as the backdrop.

Mattiuzzi earned a Bronze Medal in the Alternative category for his film The Compositor, which follows a young man on a surreal journey of self-discovery and awakening.

Loube and Mattiuzzi spent the week leading up to the awards ceremony attending networking and industry activities Los Angeles. Silver and Bronze medalists received $3,000 and $2,000, respectively. Past Student Academy Awards winners include Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, John Lasseter, Pete Docter and Trey Parker.